23 JUNE 1917, Page 2

In the House of Commons on Tuesday the principle of

Woman Suffrage was accepted-by the large majority of 385 to 55. The House, as had been arranged under the terms of the Reform Bill, was left free to vote without party pressure. Some of the stoutest opponents of Woman Suffrage in the past, like Mr. Asquith, j!ifr. Long, and Sir F. E. Smith, were led captive into the " Aye " lobby. If any new arguments were -used,-we have-not noticed their, and it would be vain to follow in detail the familiar course of 'a Woman Suffrage debate. But there was one great difference. All the speakers were convinced, whether-they liked it or not, that the die was already cast. After the events of.the war, they felt, nothing could really stand in the way of the women's demand for the suffrage.